Studies in optics
 Catalogue Number: 998 Studies in optics Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: MICHELSON Albert Abraham Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1968 Edition: 4th impresssion Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Chicago Publisher/Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press Description Of Item: Original illustrated stiff paperback covers, 176 pp plus advertisements. 92 figs in text and one colour plate. Historical Significance: This classic book on optics by Michelson was orginally published in 1927. Albert Abraham Michelson (1852 - 1931) was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887, which was important to the emergence of the theory of relativity. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid.". He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences. His doctoral adviser was Hermann von Helmholtz. See The master of light; a biography of Albert A. Michelson by Dorothy Michelson Livingston 1973 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Abraham_Michelson How Acquired: Ex Nathan Library Date Acquired: Nov 2008 Condition: Very good except for VCO library stamps Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |